Obtained by Irish media group RTE, it claims Brexit was barely mentioned during a meeting between Mr Davis and the French Defence Minister Yves Le Drian and Nathalie Loiseau, the French Minister for European Affairs last month.

The paper states: "Despite having billed this in the media in advance as a meeting to 'unblock' French resistance, Davis hardly mentioned Brexit at all during the meeting, much to French surprise, focusing instead on foreign policy issues."

The report says a minister in the Czech government described Boris Johnson as 'unimpressive' but noted that at least he had 'avoided any gaffes' during a visit

The Czech deputy minister for foreign affairs Jakub Durr told officials "he felt sorry for British Ambassadors around the EU trying to communicate a coherent message when there is political confusion at home".

A similar picture emerged in Latvia, where senior government officials said UK "the biggest problem is the chaotic political situation in the UK government".

The report was compiled just weeks after Theresa May failed to convince EU leaders sufficient progress has been made in the negotiations to move on to the second phase.

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The paper quotes a meeting with the Cypriot Minister for Foreign Affairs Ioannis Kasoulides, when the Irish ambassador was told "the UK must do more on the financial settlement - it's a matter of trust".

The Irish embassy officials met Gaël Veyssiere, the head of cabinet of the French minister for European Affairs in Paris, who is reported as saying unless the UK brought forward some solutions to the financial settlement, "there could not be a positive outcome in December".

The paper adds: "He was very negative about the possibility of this happening and about the level of engagement by the UK."

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Ahead of the summit European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said it would be seen in the next few days whether Brexit talks with Britain had made enough progress to enter a second phase of negotiations.

He told a news conference in Switzerland: "We are in intense negotiation with the UK to end the first phase of the talks about topics such as citizen rights, the 'Ireland problem', the bill that will have to be paid.

"The worst is behind us, but there has not been sufficient progress for me to say that we can enter the second phase of the talks about our relationship in the future.

“We'll see that within the next few days.”

Asked about a report the UK could pay £45billion to exit the bloc, Mr Juncker said: "I'm not crazy enough to give an immediate answer to the question."